Category Archives: Market Breadth

Market Breadth

Dominos Beginning to Fall

I wrote two series of cautionary articles, one in the past few days, and the other in September 2015. Several of the earlier articles referenced China, which is again in focus due to the 7% plunge on Monday. China’s manipulated … Continue reading

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8 Recent Cautionary Articles on Trader Edge

Happy New Year! As I mentioned in my holiday greeting, I had to deal with a number of issues in 2015 that limited my research (and writing) efforts. As a result, I had a backlog of several important market-related insights … Continue reading

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Bearish Market Breadth

Market breadth is one of the most reliable leading indicators of market reversals and major market turning points; breadth looks particularly ugly right now. There are many different ways to look at market breadth; we will review several in this … Continue reading

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Equity Market Snapshot 01-23-2015

The recent increase in volatility has raised serious concerns among many traders and investors. The following article applies several different technical indicators to the S&P 500 Index (SPX) in the daily and monthly time frames. This article will replace the … Continue reading

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Equity Market Snapshot 10-15-2014

The recent sell-off in the equity markets and the dramatic increase in volatility has raised serious concerns among many traders and investors. The fact that the sell-off is occurring in October and the expansion is in its fifth year has … Continue reading

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Equity Market Snapshot 08-21-2014

There has been a lot of confusion lately regarding the direction of the market and the risk of a major correction.  The following article applies several different technical indicators to the Russell 2000 Index (RUT) in both the daily and … Continue reading

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Divergence Strategies Generate High-Probability Trades

Divergences are simple conceptually.  When prices are making higher highs and higher lows and a predictive indicator, such as market breadth, is making lower highs and lower lows, then the indicator has diverged from price and the upward price trend … Continue reading

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5 Near-Term Warning Signs

Despite the impressive V-shaped recovery in stock prices over the past two weeks, there is still serious cause for concern.  There are five near-term warning signs the equity markets must vanquish before the bulls can declare a short-term victory over … Continue reading

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